VON WEIZSÄCKER: I naturally did not hear of that either.
DR. SIEMERS: I shall now have Document Number 3260-PS handed to you and I must ask you to have a look at it. It is an article entitled “Churchill Sinks the Athenia,” taken from the Völkischer Beobachter of 23 October 1939. Do you remember this article?
VON WEIZSÄCKER: Yes. Perhaps I may look through it.
DR. SIEMERS: Mr. President, may I inform you, in order to assist the Tribunal, that this is GB-218 in the British Document Book Number 10a, Page 97, to be correct—Page 99.
[Turning to the witness.] Herr Von Weizsäcker, you have read this article. May I ask you to tell me whether you recall having read this article at the time of its appearance?
VON WEIZSÄCKER: I do recall that such an article did appear at that time.
DR. SIEMERS: Then may I ask you further what your attitude was at the time when you heard about this article?
VON WEIZSÄCKER: I considered it a perverted fantasy.
DR. SIEMERS: Then you condemned this article?
VON WEIZSÄCKER: Naturally.